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June 10, 1961

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Athletics 3 5 3
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Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .367
OBP .000 .397
At Bats 3 109
Hits 0 40
• Singles 0 32
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 13

Bill Kunkel Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - June 10, 1961
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Strikeout
Bill Kunkel
Joe Pignatano
Norm Siebern
Reno Bertoia
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser
Hank Bauer
Leo Posada
Haywood Sullivan
Elston Howard
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Howard is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Wayne Causey now playing third base. Bill Kunkel now pitching. Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Bertoia moves to third. Pilarcik moves to second.
Top 8 Al Pilarcik pinch runs for Andy Carey. Don Larsen pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Larsen strikes out.
Top 8 Carey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bertoia moves to second.
Top 8 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Maris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ford hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Posada. Ford reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Richardson hits a line drive towards the mound. Nuxhall reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Skowron scores.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Posada who is chasing the ball. Skowron reaches third base with a triple. Mantle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ford hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pignatano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nuxhall strikes out.
Top 5 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Top 5 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pignatano strikes out.
Top 4 Siebern is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a line drive into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Boyer moves to third. Maris moves to second.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a fly ball towards right. Sullivan settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Sullivan. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Mantle is chasing the ball. Bauer rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run..
Top 3 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Nuxhall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boyer.
Bottom 2 Ford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howard tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Howser picks up the ball and throws it to Siebern who tags the runner out. Howard moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Mantle scores.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Posada who is chasing the ball. Mantle reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Bauer is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Howser takes first base on ball four.